Group B - Belarus Roster

Time to begin the predictions of the roster.. maybe a prize for those who get the most correct prior to the announcement

Sviatlana
VALKO G 175cm
5'9" 12/07/1989 Grodno, Belarus
5 Aliaksandra
TARASAVA G 170cm
5'7" 23/06/1988 Grodno, Belarus
6 Tatsiana
LIKHTAROVICH G 176cm
5'9" 29/03/1988 Minsk, Belarus
7 Yuliya
DUREIKA F 179cm
5'10" 08/09/1986 Smorgon, Belarus
8 Viktoryia
HASPER C 193cm
6'4" 09/01/1988 Minsk, Belarus
9 Natallia
ANUFRYIENKA G 174cm
5'9" 11/06/1985 Bobruisk, Belarus
10 Anastasiya
VERAMEYENKA C 192cm
6'4" 10/07/1987 Kochtla-Yarve, Estonia
11 Yelena
LEUCHANKA C 196cm
6'5" 30/04/1983 Gomel, Belarus
12 Natallia
MARCHANKA G 170cm
5'7" 19/05/1979 Rechitsa, Belarus
13 Tatyana
TROINA F 188cm
6'2" 30/06/1981 Minsk, Belarus
14 Nataliya
TRAFIMAVA PF 186cm
6'1" 16/06/1979 Tchoir, Mongolia
15 Marina
KRESS C 192cm
6'4" 23/08/1980 Minsk, Belarus

I really don't think there will be any major changes, barring an injury, from the World Championship roster. Maybe they'll reward a perspective youngster with the 12th spot.

Yep, you are probably right and it would be interesting to get an informed opinion on those best 4 or 5 youngsters vying for a spot!

Can't help much in that regard, I'm not even sure there's anyone out of last years U20 team who could be somewhat helpful. That team was lead by an 18 year old, who would probably be better off this year playing for their youth teams and gaining experience, not sitting on the bench for the senior team.

Belorussian preliminary roster of 18 who just like almost everybody will start their camp on May 2nd:

Sviatlana Valko - 175 cm - 1989 - G - Horizont (BLR)
Yuliya Dureika - 179 cm - 1986 - F - Horizont (BLR)
Natallia Anufryienka - 174 cm - 1985 - G - Horizont (BLR)
Tatsiana Likhtarovich - 176 cm - 1988 - G - Horizont (BLR)
Tatyana Troina - 188 cm - 1981 - F - Horizont (BLR)
Viktoryia Hasper - 193 cm - 1988 - C - Horizont (BLR)
Darya Lipinskaya - 180 cm - 1993 - SG - Horizont (BLR)
Maryna Ivashchanka - 190 cm - 1993 - C - Horizont (BLR)
Tatsiana Dashkevich - 178 cm - 1989 - SF - Olympia (BLR)
Maryia Filonchyk - 187 cm - 1992 - PF - Olympia (BLR)
Anastasiya Verameyenka - 192 cm - 1987 - C - Nadezhda (RUS)
Katsiaryna Snytsina - 188 cm - 1985 - SF - Nadezhda (RUS)
Nataliya Trafimava - 186 cm - 1979 - PF - CCC Palkowice (POL)
Alena Novikava - 176 cm - 1988 - G - Lodz (POL)
Yelena Leuchanka - 196 cm - 1983 - C - Wisla Can-Pack (POL)
Natallia Marchanka - 170 cm - 1979 - G - Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
Marina Kress - 192 cm - 1980 - C - Sony Athinaikos (GRE)
Aliaksandra Tarasava - 170 cm - 1988 - G - Ruzomberok (SVK)

http://www.basket.by/node/4378

Preliminary squad: Yelena Leuchanka, Natalia Marchanka, Anastasiya Verameyenka, Tatyana Troina, Yuliya Dureika, Natalia Trafimava, Natallia Anufryienka, Sviatlana Valko, Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Viktoryia Hasper, Darya Lipinskaya, Maryna Ivashchanka, Tatsiana Dashkevich, Maryia Filonchyk, Katsiaryna Snytsina, Elena Novikova, Aliaksandra Tarasava and Marina Kress. Reserves: Tatsiana Khatsko, Janina Nikitina and Volha Padabed.

I was really kinda hoping that Leuchanka and Verameyenka would find something better to do this summer...

Paulball Nilsen wrote:Preliminary squad: Yelena Leuchanka, Natalia Marchanka, Anastasiya Verameyenka, Tatyana Troina, Yuliya Dureika, Natalia Trafimava, Natallia Anufryienka, Sviatlana Valko, Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Viktoryia Hasper, Darya Lipinskaya, Maryna Ivashchanka, Tatsiana Dashkevich, Maryia Filonchyk, Katsiaryna Snytsina, Elena Novikova, Aliaksandra Tarasava and Marina Kress. Reserves: Tatsiana Khatsko, Janina Nikitina and Volha Padabed.

You could have saved yourself some time and just added the reserves as addition to the preliminary squad I wrote a couple of days earlier.

http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_UiXu1nDAJ9EfGpgg3maMt1.articleMode_on.html EBW Team Profile

Where is Yelena Leuchanka? Is she with the national team now?
or did she go to USA?

She's definitely with the National Team. Saw pix of her from a NT event a couple of days ago.

But she didn't play in the tournament in Lithuania...

Buyalski said she's healthy and just gave her some time off - she stayed in Belarus during the tournament.

Belarus Roster

Наталья Ануфриенко, Юлия Дурейко, Марина Кресс, Елена Левченко, Татьяна Лихтарович, Наталья Марченко, Екатерина Снытина, Александра Тарасова, Наталья Трофимова, Татьяна Троина, Светлана Валько, Анастасия Веремеенко.